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Dammit, Jim, I'm a bard-killer, not a writer of pointless essays that no one wants to read! Somehow, in the comments on my last essay...

It's that time of year again.... that's right, time to collect that latest batch of sub-par and randomly meandering thoughts into an...

Sounds right. I think OA was the first (or one of the first) D&D setting that wasn’t quasi European (unlike Greyhawk, Known World, FR -...

Yeah. At this point, unless you're actively selling something, we're doing this for the entertainment of others and ourselves...

I agree. Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it’s Warlocks (what I play), but it seems like D&D gets more complex with each edition. I was...

Now that the kids of the players in the group are getting older they join us sometimes, so I have taken to introducing them at 2nd/3rd...

True, but it’s sad this approach leads to quasi European with modern values + Star Wars cantina non-humans as the only society type in...

I remember watching an interview a few years back about a New Zealander who had won a TV talent show in China. He played it down saying...

I think the benefit is indirect. Not that one wants disparate levels for their own sake, but one might want to be able to bring in new...

Yup, another thing I don't like: worrying about "level appropriate encounters."

I run a high-level 5e game (10th-15th) which sees disparity in levels for a time, until the stragglers (for various reasons, usually...

Different levels exist in 2 of the 3 3.5e campaigns I’m in (DM 2, play 1). It’s “natural” because it’s caused by players joining at...

I think the mixed-level party is an inevitability in 1E. The idea of "balance" as we think about it today wasn't as prevalent in that...

True, but unless you work for Hasbro it's unlikely anyone in the RPG industry is either. So why worry unless you're making official D&D...

Hmm, I wonder what languages D&D is in? Copilot says: French, German, Italian (seen that for 3e), Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese...